Comcast changed its tune on net neutrality the very same day the FCC plotted its death

Remember how internet service providers kept telling you that they’d respect net neutrality regardless of whether the FCC would force them to do it or not? Well, it looks like some of them are not so keen on keeping those promises now that the FCC is officially planning to kill net neutrality.

Comcast, the most hated company in the USA according to a survey in early 2017, is apparently looking to secure that title for years to come. The ISP has been caught changing the wording on its net neutrality page on the same day Trump’s FCC announced plans to roll back the Obama-era regulations.

Not only has Comcast reduced the number of commitments, but it also changed the wording for the ones that remained. Even the assurance that the Internet Essentials program will remain available to poor families in the US is gone.

There’s absolutely no promise that it won’t prioritize data in the future. Comcast execs and spokespeople will still tell you that the company has no plans to enter paid prioritization agreements, but that’s hardly a promise it’ll never happen. Now that the net neutrality rules that prevented these troublesome practices no longer exist, it seems like it’s only a matter of time before ISPs will look to capitalize.